tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post759940328611330413..comments2018-03-19T09:42:30.660-04:00Comments on Mike Anderson's Ancient History Blog: Pyrrhus – The Underrated Military Mind of AntiquityMike Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072553719998549925noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-44066152966859728322014-03-29T15:00:57.997-04:002014-03-29T15:00:57.997-04:00Excellent mini-biography of someone we hear about ...Excellent mini-biography of someone we hear about only as an adjective. It seems like when someone&#39;s name becomes a descriptive phrase, like &quot;Pyrrhic victory&quot; the rest of his life can be defined by it, allowing details like the ones in your post to fall by the wayside. &quot;Rich as Croesus&quot; also comes to mind - all I know about Croesus is that he was rich.Christopher Maurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00852549454617874568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-73619168271192329092012-10-23T00:12:49.056-04:002012-10-23T00:12:49.056-04:00Pyrrhus was at times a remarkable tactician, but a...Pyrrhus was at times a remarkable tactician, but a strategist he was not. He, nearly simultaneously, managed to unite two of the major Mediterranean powers in opposition to him and also managed to create a threat on his own borders by antagonizing his neighbor, the Kingdom of Macedon. His campaign in southern Italy was at least feasible with the backing of the Greek cities there, but once he set foot on Sicily and angered the Carthaginians, it was all over. His campaigns demonstrate poor planning and strategic ineptitude. He&#39;s very similar to Hannibal in this regard, who was also a brilliant tactician, but whose overall war against Rome was motivated solely by hotheaded revenge and not on the cold, rational planning needed to launch a successful campaign. Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006658526972531259noreply@blogger.com